Did the three wise men go and see Jesus? Yes
St Matthew 2:11
"And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
In fact, The Bible doesn't refer to "Three Wise Men"; only "Wise Men" - so it only says more than one wise man visited Jesus: St Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
John Shelby Spong (Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus) says that among people he knows in New Testament circles, the universal assumption is that the wise men were not actual people. In other words, it is perhaps better to think of the story of the three wise men as simply a parable.
There is no historical reference to the wise men, nor are they mentioned by Luke's Gospel, so we must rely solely on Matthew's Gospel for information about the wise men, but this Gospel does not say when the wise men began their journey or when they arrived in Bethlehem. Matthew 2:1 is somewhat ambiguous, but could mean that they arrived in Jerusalem around the time that Jesus was born, so they would have left Babylon some time earlier.
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the world's Anglicans, has described the story of the three wise men as nothing but a "legend" and says there is little evidence that they existed. John Shelby Spong (Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus) calls Matthew's story of the magi, or wise men, Christian midrash and says that among people he knows in New Testament circles, the universal assumption is that the magi (wise men) were not actual people. If there were no wise men, or magi, then we can not say when they began their journey.
Three Wise Men
"We Three Kings" A Christmas song Shawn Philips
they put the presents next to the manger.
It is in remembrance of the birth of Jesus, as it occurred according to the bible. WHen Jesus was born, the three wise men approached and brought him gifts. Those gifts to baby Jesus from the three wise men has then mutated into the current tradition of Christmas presents.
Because when Jesus was born, the three wise men gave him gifts. Yea the answer above is correct the three wise men brought Jesus gifts the night of his birth
Papa Noel is the most popular gift-giver in Spain.
Their names were Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar - known collectively as The Magi.(Magi is the plural of Magus -meaning 'wise man' from which we get the word 'magician'.)
Because it represents the "North Star" that the three wise men followed.
No, the Bible never specifies three.We as a society have assumed this because of the three gifts that where given to Jesus. Therefore in most Christmas productions there are three wise men representing the whole of people who followed the star to Jesus.
Christmas is a Christian holiday to celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus as the new born king. We give presents to honor the three gifts the wise men gave, and we put a star, or angel to commemorate either the star that led the wise men to the baby and the angel for the angel who told the wise men to follow the star
Gift are exchanged on Christmas because the Three Wise Men gave gifts of frankincense, myrrh and gold to the baby Jesus on Christmas day when he was born.
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